Each time the carpenter with a sharp rap sets a nail / then whangs it head and shaft into the tan flesh of the wood / and slips the hammer back into the leather belt, / I think of Achilles casting his spear …
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/AlipertiBoiler.mp3″] Pia Aliperti BOILER The radiator clanked and banged all night, clattering coins and glass boots. The bedroom was
Devika Brandt WHAT MY PARENTS WANT At 86 Dad wants a new silver Mercury with heated seats. Mom wants whatever
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/HarrisKatherine.mp3″] This morning, I heard you were found in your McDonald’s uniform. I heard it while I was visiting
we speak of August as if it were a contract, / a promise the sky made.
In war there are no unwounded soldiers. —Narosky We had the problem of youth, the problem of desire, our testicles